electronic drum kits with drummania

Kσn · 10-05-2008, 01:34 PM

ok, After playing alot of rock band, I decided to buy a electronic drumset fro drummania. I dont want to spend alot of money, and I obviously will not be shopping for quality, I just need something that works.

I found ion was the cheapest drumsets. However I am not sure if any are compatible with drummania.

There are 3 I found...
Sam's Club - Ion Audio USB Electronic Drum Kit
^The chaepest (REALLY CHEAP), however its a USB kit, which makes me iffy since drummania likes the midi>USB adaptors, so I am not sure if its compatible.
Sam's Club - Ion iED01 Electronic Drum Set w/ Accessories
^I am pretty sure someone said this one is compatible. It looks pretty nice except for the pedals, but you can always buy a new one.
Ion Audio Drum Rocker Electronic Drum Set and more Electronic Drum Sets at GuitarCenter.com.
^The rock band ones. its for 360, and I have a very strong feeling it will NOT work with drummania (especially since its for 360). A friend of mine did buy this. He is not sure if it had MIDI output, so I cant say it will work. Even then I dont think it will.

Does anyone know if any of these drum sets are compatible, or anyone want to recommend something around the same price range that works? I am thinking about the USB ion, just because its cheap, and even if it does not work, I get a real drumset out of the deal.

thanks.

AdamW · 10-05-2008, 03:07 PM

It's worth noting you could use any of 'em with DTXMania on a PC, most likely.

But for console DrumMania, I'd only be confident with the second. The first, you are right, would almost certainly not work (unless it comes with a midi out, but it doesn't say it does). I've read they are going to do a midi-out adapter for the Rock Band kit, but I don't know anything about it for certain.

Of those three, the second is likely the best choice for console Drummania.

Jeff Paine · 10-05-2008, 03:09 PM

The only ones that are guaranteed to be compatible with Drummania are Yamaha DTX series drumsets, with a Yamaha UX-16 (or -96 or -256) MIDI-to-USB adapter.

However, newer revisions of the USB adapters may not work with older Drummania games.

Kσn · 10-05-2008, 03:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by UseMyExciter

The only ones that are guaranteed to be compatible with Drummania are Yamaha DTX series drumsets, with a Yamaha UX-16 (or -96 or -256) MIDI-to-USB adapter.

However, newer revisions of the USB adapters may not work with older Drummania games.

yep I know. However quite a few other electronic drumsets have been shown to work on Drummania with the UX-16 adapter, one of them being the 2nd ion drumset I listed.

edit: I was looking into the first ion drumset, and I found something pretty interesting...
wibwobweb.com » Using the ION iED05 USB Drum Kit with MIDI capable software
it says computers recognize it as a game controller. Do you guys think this may end up working with drummania as it seems it is recognized as a controller?

Jeff Paine · 10-05-2008, 09:26 PM

You can give it a try, but I'd recommend you use a UX-16 adapter, no matter what drumset you use. You should be able to return it anyways, if it doesn't work.

Kσn · 10-05-2008, 10:10 PM

yes, I think I may try the USB one. However I can not find a store that sells it. I only found it being sold on sams club online. If I buy it online, and it does not work I would probably have to pay extra to ship it back, and they probably wont refund either shipping prices.

Opethian · 10-06-2008, 06:55 AM

[quote=ΩOMEGAΩ;470265]yep I know. However quite a few other electronic drumsets have been shown to work on Drummania with the UX-16 adapter, one of them being the 2nd ion drumset I listed.

edit: I was looking into the first ion drumset, and I found something pretty interesting...
wibwobweb.com » Using the ION iED05 USB Drum Kit with MIDI capable software
it says computers recognize it as a game controller. Do you guys think this may end up working with drummania as it seems it is recognized as a controller?[/QUOTE]

no because by that logic:
the KBM controller hooked up to a pc recognizes as a game controller
KBM controller does not work when hooked up to drummania

the GF/DM CS games only have a driver to recognize the Yamaha UX16(and up?) adaptors

only a MIDI set would work

BemaniAK · 10-06-2008, 10:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Opethian

only a MIDI set would work

If it were a standard PS2 game controller, you could just map the buttons right on the newer mixes.

Kσn · 10-06-2008, 06:02 PM

no because by that logic:
the KBM controller hooked up to a pc recognizes as a game controller
KBM controller does not work when hooked up to drummania

the GF/DM CS games only have a driver to recognize the Yamaha UX16(and up?) adaptors

only a MIDI set would work[/quote]

good point. I will go for the second one then.

Zarcom · 10-07-2008, 12:29 PM

whenever I see topics like "eletronic drum sets", I think two brands:

Baffo

Pacific Digital model 100/150

Thats my 2 cents.

See yaz bye.

kors kerni · 11-04-2008, 04:15 PM

Sam's Club - Ion Audio USB Electronic Drum Kit

Has anyone had experience using this for dtx mania?
I'd like to have a home set up instead of spending 10 bux a week at the arcade playing dm.
I don't care about ps2 compatibility.

Mus!kBox · 11-04-2008, 05:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dj_LOL

Sam's Club - Ion Audio USB Electronic Drum Kit

Has anyone had experience using this for dtx mania?
I'd like to have a home set up instead of spending 10 bux a week at the arcade playing dm.
I don't care about ps2 compatibility.

It works, but i heard the bass pedal sucks really bad. Not many people were happy about purchasing that. I suggest Drumrocker for RB2. It's cheap and it should work.

AdamW · 11-04-2008, 08:51 PM

As I said in another thread, I don't think it will. The brain is only capable of outputting four channels. The cymbals don't seem to be configurable to output as separate channels unless you replace the brain.

kors kerni · 11-05-2008, 08:18 PM

Would using the Ion iED01 Electronic Drum Set with ux-16 adapter be a better choice?

vodzurk · 11-06-2008, 05:50 AM

I don't know too much about drummania, but I use DTXmania with a Traps E450 kit via it's midi port.

I don't think the kit is as cheap as an Ion one, but I love the thing.

My kit:-

04072008253 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Me very badly playing dtxmania with it (I couldn't do a webcam + line-in recording as dtxmania kicks up a fuss when i try):-

YouTube - Paranoid